| 16th | Top manga artists |
| Arakawa Hiromu è’å· å¼˜ |
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 Arakawa's self-portrait depicting a bespectacled cow from Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 19 |
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| Born | May 8, 1973 HokkaidÅ, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist and author |
| Notable works | Fullmetal Alchemist |
Hiromu Arakawa (è’å· å¼˜ Arakawa Hiromu, born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from HokkaidÅ. Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit, and was later adapted into two television anime. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow.
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Born on May 8, 1973 in Tokachi HokkaidÅ, Japan, Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm with five sisters. Arakawa thought about being a manga artist "since [she] was little" and during her school years, she would often draw on textbooks. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes once a month for seven years while working on her family's farm. During this time, she also created dÅjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine.[1][2]
Arakawa started in the manga industry as an assistant to Hiroyuki EtÅ, author of MahÅjin Guru Guru.[3] Her own career began with the publication of Stray Dog in Square Enix's Monthly ShÅnen Gangan in 1999.[2] Stray Dog won the ninth 21st Century "ShÅnen Gangan" Award.[1] She published one chapter of Shanghai YÅmakikai (上海妖é”鬼怪 Demons of Shanghai) in Monthly ShÅnen Gangan in 2000.[4] In July 2001, Arakawa published the first chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist in Monthly ShÅnen Gangan.[5] When the studio Bones adapted it into an anime series, Arakawa aided them in developing it.[6] However, she later let them work alone in the making of the script so that both manga and anime would have different endings, and to develop the manga further.[2] The series won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shÅnen category in 2004.[7]
She is currently living in Tokyo and has published three more works, Raiden 18, Souten no Koumori (蒼天ã®è™è Bat of Blue Sky), and Hero Tales.[2][8][9] Arakawa makes Hero Tales along with Studio Flag under the name of Huang Jin Zhou. In the anime adaptation of the series, Arakawa was in charge of making the character designs.[10] She has also drawn the cover from the Japanese edition of the novel The Demon's Lexicon authored by Sarah Rees Brennan.[11]
Arakawa states that SuihÅ Tagawa, the author of Norakuro, is the "root of [her] style as an artist". She also learned composition and drawing during her time as Hiroyuki EtÅ's assistant. She also cites Rumiko Takahashi, Shigeru Mizuki and Kinnikuman by Yudetamago as influences and is a fan of Mike Mignola's work.[2][3]
Hiromu Arakawa is a Japanese mangaka and author of the popular manga and anime series titled Fullmetal Alchemist.
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